WAYNESBORO -- The 16-year-old who pleaded guilty in an Albemarle County court Wednesday to participation in the string of shootings on and near Interstate 64 in March now faces charges in Waynesboro, police said.

Brandon Dawson, from Crozet, was charged this week in the March 27 shootings at the Waynesboro Dupont Community Credit Union and at an occupied house in Waynesboro.

Bullets struck a window and brick wall of the credit union building, as well as a repossessed van in the parking lot.

Two shots were fired at the North Commerce Avenue home, where two people were asleep.

Police say the early-morning incidents were a continuation of the sniper attacks and vandalism along the interstate and in western Albemarle County that sparked a 29-hour manhunt and terrified many area residents.

The juvenile has been charged in Waynesboro with felony destruction of property, discharging a firearm from a vehicle and two counts of shooting into an occupied dwelling, police said.

The case has been referred to Waynesboro Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court.

The other teenager arrested in the I-64 shootings, Slade Woodson, 19, of Afton, also faces felony charges in both counties.

He is scheduled to appear in Waynesboro Circuit Court for a preliminary hearing Monday.
Cleve Wiese is a staff writer for The News Virginian in Waynesboro.